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Please note: this page provides the details we have for those fatalities not shown on the colliery pages - i.e. for those fatalities at collieries/pits etc. for which we do not have a web page.
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03 Oct 1705 | Gateshead, Stony Flatt | Jackson, Abigail, killed in the 1705 explosion, daughter of Joseph, Buried: October 4th |
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| 09 Jul 1859 | Unknown | Jackson, George, aged 18, [date of burial], Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 09 Jul 1859 {NBI};
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| 1925 | Unknown | Jackson, James, aged 40 |
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03 Oct 1705 | Gateshead, Stony Flatt | Jackson, Joseph, killed in the 1705 explosion, Buried: October 4th |
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15 Sep 1926 | near Handen Hold | Jackson, William, aged 28, killed while getting small coals from an old pit heap |
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08 Oct 1855 | Walker Iron Works | James, John, aged 33, boiler explosion |
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| 07 Jan 1872 | Unknown | James, William, aged 40, [date of burial], Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 07 Jan 1872 {NBI};
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21 Feb 1782 | Fatfield area | Jan?, Christopher, Pitman, of Fatfield, father of Thomas, Buried: 21 Feb 1782 at Chester-le-Street |
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21 Feb 1782 | Fatfield area | Jan?, Thomas, of Fatfield, son of Christopher, Buried: 21 Feb 1782 at Chester-le-Street |
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28 Sep 1808 | Kimbleworth | Jarvis, John, explosion of fire-damp |
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1917 | Unknown | Jarvis, Joseph, aged 43 |
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10 Jan 1917 | Pukening (New Zealand) | Jefferson, John, aged 29, memorial in Washington Cemetery |
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08 Oct 1855 | Walker Iron Works | Jenkins, Josiah, aged 33, boiler explosion |
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01 Feb 1776 | Whitehaven area | Johnson, Archibal, aged 35, "Burnt in Pits", of Gins [Date of burial], Buried: Holy Trinity, Whitehaven;
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01 Oct 1872 | Unknown | Johnson, Francis, killed by the explosion of a shot |
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| 25 Sep 1801 | Unknown | Johnson, Richard, aged 50, Horse Keeper, of Fatfield, shown in Parish records as being accidentally killed - may not be Colliery related |
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| 20 Mar 1796 | Unknown | Johnson, William, of Lindale, he was killed by a small stone falling on his head when at the foot of the starn in a mine pit of iron ore, Buried: Pennington |
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1899 | Unknown | Johnson, William, aged 68, Wasteman, He received a small cut on the leg, but of so slight a nature that he finished his shift, walked a mile to the pit bottom, and another mile home. He was afterwards attended by a doctor for a few days, and then by another, who treated him for bronchitis. On his death, as the result of a post-mortem, the latter doctor certified that the man had died from weak action of the heart, accelerated by chronic bronchitis [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident] |
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19 Dec 1823 | Good Intent Pit | Johnston, David, killed by a fall of roof |
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07 Jun 1890 | Richardson's Switchback Railway | Johnston, Edward, aged 10, [not employed], killed on the railway |
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1828 | Great Clifton | Johnston, William, fell down shaft of coal pit while affected by choke damp |
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03 Oct 1705 | Gateshead, Stony Flatt | Jordan, Edward, killed in the 1705 explosion, Buried: October 10th |
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03 Oct 1705 | Gateshead, Stony Flatt | Jordan, Leonard, killed in the 1705 explosion, Buried: October 5th |
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Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by
Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser
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